Things that make you go What the F**k?

[Denn Forever]

The driver raised the alarm.

[nrico2006]

How do they know the victims were Chinese?

[give her dixie]

It wouldn't be normal practice for a tractor unit to head off from Ireland to England without a load on behind... would it, surly to make these trips economically viable the unit needs to always be pulling a trailer loaded with something.

It is extremely rare that a lorry would travel out on a boat and drive that distance to wait a couple of days to collect a trailer.  The rates for haulage are bad enough and it makes no sense doing it

[give her dixie]

How do they know the victims were Chinese?

Early identification by authorities have said so

[RedHand88]

How do they know the victims were Chinese?

I thought this myself. What's to say they aren't French?

[RedHand88]

There was a taximan on the news saying he has picked up ones before with no English and they hand him a phone with someone on the line saying "take this person to X".

I wouldn't be telling people that story big lad, much less national TV.

[J70]

Would at least some of them not have some form of ID on their bodies? Cash. Mementos/food/other items from home?

[J70]

There was a taximan on the news saying he has picked up ones before with no English and they hand him a phone with someone on the line saying "take this person to X".

I wouldn't be telling people that story big lad, much less national TV.

In a place like London it would hardly be too out of the ordinary for a taxi driver to pick up someone who might need assistance with language.

[Tony Baloney]

Jack Straw was on the radio yesterday and he said the Chinese found suffocated in the early 2000s had labels removed from clothing, all ID and belongings removed so there were no identifying features. A detective noticed different coloured stitching on a dead man's belt and when they looked further there was ID sewn into the belt. There were also 2 survivors but not sure they offered too much for fear of reprisals back home.

[LeoMc]

The driver raised the alarm.

He signed for and was on CCTV collecting the trailer. He didnt have much choice.

[brokencrossbar1]

News said earlier that the nationality of the deceased is still not confirmed.  I would say that possibly they have Far Eastern physical appearance and there was assumptions made

[Square Ball]

Two further arrests. Think we need a thread on this

[give her dixie]

Two further arrests. Think we need a thread on this

Had read about this couple yesterday.  They owned the lorry previously but say they sold it to someone in Monaghan a year ago

[RedHand88]

There was a taximan on the news saying he has picked up ones before with no English and they hand him a phone with someone on the line saying "take this person to X".

I wouldn't be telling people that story big lad, much less national TV.

In a place like London it would hardly be too out of the ordinary for a taxi driver to pick up someone who might need assistance with language.

He also said it's a big drop off point for migrants, he was implying he knew what was going on.

[93-DY-SAM]

There was a taximan on the news saying he has picked up ones before with no English and they hand him a phone with someone on the line saying "take this person to X".

I wouldn't be telling people that story big lad, much less national TV.

In a place like London it would hardly be too out of the ordinary for a taxi driver to pick up someone who might need assistance with language.

He also said it's a big drop off point for migrants, he was implying he knew what was going on.

He said, she said. Why do people feel the need to speculate over things that have no facts and is pure hear say at the minute. Let the authorities do their job first and hopefully those behind this is any way get everything and more that is coming to them.